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(No Model.)

G. A. OONGER. RING SLIDE FOR ROPES.

No. 000,109. Patented Mar. 1, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES CONGER, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE CONGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RING-SLIDE FOR ROPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,109, dated March 1, 1898.

A lication filed April 6, 1897. Serial No, 630,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. CONGER, a citizen of the United-States, residing in Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, .have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Ring-Slides for Rope Halters and Hitching-Ropes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of an adjustable ring-slide or fastening device for rope halters and hitching-ropes as a means of holding in position on the rope with a firm and reliable grip a ring or loop for making fast the snap-hook on the end of the rope or for taking a hitch around a post.

To such end and object mainly my said invention consists in the described construction and combination of parts producing an improved slide or fastening device for securing aring or loop upon a rope and having facility for adjustment whereby it is readily shifted andset at difierent points along the rope as circumstances may require.

The following description explains at length the nature of my said invention and the manner in which I proceed to construct and produce the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, that form part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the said drawings is a side elevation of the complete fastening constructed according to my invention, andFig. 2 is a plan or top View of Fig. 1, the device being shown in these two views in working position on the rope. Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the fastening removed from the rope, With the parts separated from one another. Fig. lis an end View of the cradle or body part of the fastening, taken from the right-hand side of that part as seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top view of the same part. Fig. 6 is a top view of the clamping-piece that rests upon the rope. Fig. 7 is a plan or top view of the locking-lever or part that holds the clamp against the rope with pressure. Fig. 8 is a side view of the same part.

This fastening is composed of the three principal parts or pieces which I have desig nated, respectively, as the cradle A, the clamping-piece B, and the clamping-1ever C. These pieces are so shaped that when cast and put together upon the rope they are confined and held in place without fastenings of any kind, one piece being made to hold the other both when the device is loosened and when it is clamped upon the rope.

The cradle A is shaped like a half-round tube with cylindrical rims or flanges A A on the ends, and the body part a between the cylindrical ends is open on the top, but closed on the bottom, so that the rope is exposed or uncovered at the upper side when the said part A is slipped into place on the rope. On one end of the said part the cylindrical flange A extends above the open top in a hook A the beak a of which is turned downward or toward the body part, and on the opposite end a similar but smaller hook A projects from the flange A over the open top of the body part and is turned downward also in the same direction as the opposite hook A The office or function of the hook A is to engage and form a fulcrum for the lockinglever C, and the function of the larger hook A is to receive and hold the ring or loop D of the fastening. In addition to this the two hooks serve to confine in place the clampingpiece B. This last-mentioned piece is a plate of concave shape longitudinally and of proper length to cover the open top of the part A and lie under the beaks of the hooks A A. Three small lugs or projections 19* b b are cast onthe top face of the part B to engage with the hook above at each end of this part and thereby prevent the part from moving longitudinally and laterally from under the beaks of the hooks. By virtue of itsform this part B when in place rests upon that portion of the rope which is exposed in the cradlepiece A and covers the same for the full length of the opening between the two hooks, and by means of the lever C pressure is applied upon the back or top of the said part to a sufficient degree to clamp the rope between the closed bottom of the cradle A and this plate B. The hook A furnishes a fulcrum for the lever C and also holds that piece in place on the cradle-piece and prevents it from being separated when the part B is inserted beneath the hooks.

The lever C has on one end a cam or eccentric C and a cross-pin O to engage the hook A, while the opposite end is forked or slotted to let in the hook A when the lever is pressed down against the plate B.

The pin 0 is located at a point to one side of the vertical line passed through the longest or highest part of the cam, as indicated at w m, Fig. 8, when the lever lies against the plate B, and in that position the point of the cam bears upon the plate beyond the center line y y, on which the fulcrum 0 lies, the efiect of which is to lock the lever and hold it closely down against the plate.

The ring D is placed under the hook A before the plate B is inserted under the beaks of the two hooks, and the ring is thus confined and held in position free to swing on the hook, but Without coming in contact with the rope lying under the hook.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a fastening of the character herein described, the tubularcradle open on one side,

and having the inwardly-turned hooks on the ends, in combination with the clamping-plate over the open side of the cradle adapted to rest upon the rope, and a clamping-lever having a cam or eccentric at one end and constructed to press the clamping-plate against the cradle and lock said parts together by the movement of the lever.

2. In a fastening of the character herein described, the cradle A having a hook at each end and an opening along one side beneath said hooks, a clamping-plate fitted to cover 

